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[talisman]

Ranked by whom and which programs? College "rankings" are as diversified and numerous as just about anything I can think of.



Baylor keeps going up as well. Not sure with TCU, but Baylor is retardedly generous with scholarship money. Merit based scholarships for SAT/ACT performance alone had my tuition at about $3k more per semester than a state school.

I use the general US News and World Report as just a non specific base point.

[Buick355]

Go to UTA.

[Shorty]

How did it end up?

I needed a 3.0 at the end of freshman year to keep my scholarship. I retook a class, making my first semester gpa 2.75. I made a 3.4 with 15 hours my second semester in order to stay in school . I graduated with a 3.5. I managed to sleepwalk my way through high school with an A/B average and figured I could do the same in college. I realized after one semester and the prospect of losing my scholarship and leaving school that I needed to put in a little more effort.

[hawaii5.0]

Go to UTA.

I do

[Buick355]

I do

Me Chooo. Fuck paying $36k/year.

[Grape]

the number $370/hour sticks out in my head from when i was there for the first 2 years.

[Slowhand]

Private schools are certainly a lot more generous than their state-funded counterparts. My oldest went to a very expensive private school, and got money for everything from "metroplex scholar" to "charity work" to playing sports. My youngest went to UT and it cost me more than double. She finally got money through McCombs her junior and senior year, but never more than a couple thousand. Go figure.

My wife has an acquaintance that has worked at TCU for 12 years or so (in the office; no big-shot) and her two kids both went to school there on "full scholarship". She always says the pay isn't that great, but with 8 years of tuition figured in, I'm thinking she's done pretty well. We have a friend at DBU and they have the same policy for employee's kids.

I had a couple of friends who graduated with me that were on the employee's kid free ride deal. Pretty sweet deal.

Wonder if that's why tuition there is so high, educating all the staff kids?

Tuition is high because there isn't a steady stream of taxpayer dollars being (inefficiently) poured into their coffers.

[Vertnut]

I needed a 3.0 at the end of freshman year to keep my scholarship. I retook a class, making my first semester gpa 2.75. I made a 3.4 with 15 hours my second semester in order to stay in school . I graduated with a 3.5. I managed to sleepwalk my way through high school with an A/B average and figured I could do the same in college. I realized after one semester and the prospect of losing my scholarship and leaving school that I needed to put in a little more effort.

Good job. Not all kids can pull it together. It's a great school and you got a great education. I hope you're able to put it to use.

[Roscoe]

JFC at 36k a year for TCU. Good University and all, but it ain't Harvard. Have they even broken in to the top 100 yet? Last time I looked they were ranked around 115 or so for academics.

Tuition discussion came up last night during the TCU/UT game and I had to respond here....

TCU is now ~$3K less than Harvard per year in tuition. I think I'd rather send my kid to an Ivy League for the same kind of scratch....

[Vertnut]

Tuition discussion came up last night during the TCU/UT game and I had to respond here....

TCU is now ~$3K less than Harvard per year in tuition. I think I'd rather send my kid to an Ivy League for the same kind of scratch....

Of course. There's one small detail called "acceptance". I would think it's a helluva lot tougher to get into Harvard than it is TCU. If your kid CAN get into Harvard, it's a no-brainer.

[Roscoe]

Of course. There's one small detail called "acceptance". I would think it's a helluva lot tougher to get into Harvard than it is TCU. If your kid CAN get into Harvard, it's a no-brainer.

Of course, there are always other factors....

[Vertnut]

Of course, there are always other factors....

You'd be surprised at how many folks think it's just a money issue. Hell, Rice is about as tough as Harvard, and it's well over $40k a year with housing.

[slow99]

Hell, Rice is about as tough as Harvard, and it's well over $40k a year with housing.

Lolz no it isn't.

[Geor!]

I had a couple of friends who graduated with me that were on the employee's kid free ride deal. Pretty sweet deal.



Tuition is high because there isn't a steady stream of taxpayer dollars being (inefficiently) poured into their coffers.

What do you think federal grants, scholarships and loans are? That's exactly why tuition is high for EVERY University now. Oh, the government is paying for it? Great! We'll unnecessarily raise prices! Just because they're a private University and not DIRECTLY getting funding from the government like a state institution is, don't let that fool you.

[Sean88gt]

Of course. There's one small detail called "acceptance". I would think it's a helluva lot tougher to get into Harvard than it is TCU. If your kid CAN get into Harvard, it's a no-brainer.

At one point it was easier to transfer - go to a state school, bust ass and then transfer in.